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ChondroitinIn general terms, the compound provides providing structure, holding water and nutrients, and allowing other molecules to move through cartilage. As people age, cartilage health deteorirates due to loss of key compounds in the cartilage such as glucosamine and chondroitin. To remedy this, current research indicates that adding chondroitin may help maintain proper joint function. Also, research suggests that using the compound together with other beneficial cartilage enhancing compounds, namely MSM and glucosamine, may have a more beneficial end effect. However, in general terms, the research with chondroitin is not as consistent and extensive as it is with glucosamine. In one particular branch of research, chondroitin sulfate has been shown to relieve symptoms and possibly slow the progression of, or in some cases, reverse osteoarthritis. Chondroitin - StudiesThe pathobiology of osteoarthritis and the rationale for using the chondroitin sulfate for its treatment. Curr Drug Targets Immune Endocr Metabol Disord. 2004 Jun;4(2):119-27. A two-year study of chondroitin sulfate in erosive osteoarthritis of the hands: behavior of erosions, osteophytes, pain and hand dysfunction. Drugs Exp Clin Res. 2004;30(1):11-6. Intermittent treatment of knee osteoarthritis with oral chondroitin sulfate: a one-year, randomized, double-blind, multicenter study versus placebo. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2004 Apr;12(4):269-76. Chondroitin sulfate in erosive osteoarthritis of the hands. Int J Tissue React. 2002;24(1):29-32. A randomized double-blind clinical trial of the effect of chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine hydrochloride on temporomandibular joint disorders: a pilot study. Cranio. 2001 Apr;19(2):130-9.
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